Adrastus (2), of Aphrodisias, Peripatetic philosopher, 2nd cent. CE
Andrew Barker
RE, of Aphrodisias, *Peripatetic philosopher (2nd cent. ce). His influential writings included commentaries on the order of *Aristotle's works (mainly philological); on Nicomachean Ethics and ...
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Aëtius (2), of Amida, physician, fl. c. 530–560 CE
John Scarborough
In *Alexandria (1) and Constantinople. He wrote an extant medical encyclopaedia, called the Tetrabiblon from its division into four sections. Beginning with a summary of drug theory (see ...
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Agathinus, Spartan doctor, 1st cent. CE
J. T. Vallance
Agathinus (Claudius Agathinus) a Spartandoctor of the 1st cent. CE, associated with the medical sect of the *Pneumatists and by at least one ancient source with the establishment of an ...
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agricultural writers
M. Stephen Spurr
Agricultural manuals, written by practising landowners, flourished at Rome from M. *Porcius Cato (1) (c.160 bce) to *Palladius (c.Mid 5th cent. ce), enjoying higher status than other technical ...
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Albinus (2), writer on music, geometry, and dialectic
Edward Courtney and R. A. Kaster
Albinus (2) writer on music, geometry, and dialectic, probably identical with Ceionius Rufius Albinus (PLRE 1 ‘Albinus’ 14), the consul of ce 335, and perhaps with the poet of works ...
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Alexander (15) Philalethes, 'Truth-lover', physician, fl. later 1st cent. BCE?
Heinrich von Staden
Alexander (15) Philalethes (‘Truth-lover’), a physician (fl. later 1st cent. bce?), succeeded *Zeuxis (3) as leader of the Asian branch of *Herophilus's ‘school’. Alexander's views on digestion, on ...
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